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laitance

laitance noun: a weak, milky layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that is usually caused by an overwet mixture, overworking the mixture, improper or excessive finishing or combination thereof. Also, could be caused when a slurry mix is used on a deep foundation, where the slurry mix is not completely removed before placing concrete on top.

Noun

laitance (plural laitances)

  1. A weak, milky layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that is usually caused by an overwet mixture, overworking the mixture, improper or excessive finishing or combination thereof. Also, could be caused when a slurry mix is used on a deep foundation, where the slurry mix is not completely removed before placing concrete on top.
  2. The weak top layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that stands between a topical coating and the underlying substrate. This laitance layer prevents a bond forming between the topical coating and substrate, whereby it causes delamination of the topical coating as the laitance layer fails first.

laitance meaning in Tamil

laitance in Tamil

நீர்ப்புநுரை, மிதப்புநுரை

Forms of laitance

plurallaitances

Origin of laitance

From French laitance.

Questions about laitance

What does laitance mean?
Laitance means a weak, milky layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that is usually caused by an overwet mixture, overworking the mixture, improper or excessive finishing or combination thereof. Also, could be caused when a slurry mix is used on a deep foundation, where the slurry mix is not completely removed before placing concrete on top.
What is laitance in Tamil?
Laitance in Tamil is நீர்ப்புநுரை, மிதப்புநுரை. See Laitance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is laitance?
Laitance is a noun.
What is the plural of laitance?
The plural of laitance is laitances.

Words near laitance in the dictionary

  1. Laist
  2. Laisterdyke
  3. Laists
  4. lait
  5. laitakarite
  6. laitance
  7. laitances
  8. laitand
  9. laited
  10. laith
  11. Laithangbam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laitance (page history and authors); laitance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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